Institute of Health Professions
School of Nursing
PINNING and RECOGNITION CEREMONY
May 7, 2024
10:00 a.m. – 12 noon
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WELCOME
Samantha Bernstein, PhD, RNC-OB, IBCLC, CNL Interim Co-Director, Prelicensure Programs
OPENING REMARKS
Kenneth R. White, PhD, APRN, FACHE, FAAN Dean, School of Nursing
FACULTY ADDRESS
Karen Hunt,PhD, RD, CNE
STUDENT ADDRESS
Kristen Elmore
AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Oluwatomisin Olayinka, PhD, FNP- C, MPH
Faculty and Student Recognition for Outstanding Leadership
Faculty Recognition for Academic/Clinical Excellence
Wetherill Award
Quinn Award for Social Justice in Nursing
Rose Marie Scalora Marasco Scholarship
Loyd Nichols Staats Scholarship
Elisabeth (Lisa) Compagnone, CRNA, MGH Class of 1974
MGH Nurses’ Alumnae Association
Acknowledgement of Class Representatives
Samantha Bernstein, PhD, RNC-OB, IBCLC, CNL
PINNING CEREMONY
Faculty Pinners:
Rachael Salguero, PhD, RN-BC, CNEcl
Karen Hunt, PhD, RN, RD, CNE
Alexander Wolf, DNP, APRN, ACHPN
CLOSING REMARKS
Oluwatomisin Olayinka , PhD, FNP- C, MPH
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Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Candidates
Michael Paul Barbieri
Melinda T. Barros
Mahima Basnet
Hannah C. Bell
Isabella S. Blair
Laura Bostwick
Laura R. Bryant
Madison Josephine Burrill
Catherine F. Callahan
Stephanie Cameron
Lara Su Cemaletin
Carly E. Chelton
Mary Miles Clark
Carolyn G. Clymer
Samantha A. Cridland
Dayna Cunha
Bianca Ortega Dempsey
Mark Jason Deveau
Nicholas A. Diamond
Caitlin M. Doocy
Madison Deirdre Dunn
Kristen E. Elmore
Gina Marilia Fidalgo
Cameron Eileen Fitzgerald
Ryan Michael Flynn
Greta Esperanza Gibbons
Sarah L. Goldstein
Aallexie Gomes
Sailer Kelani Hampton
Jocelyn Ho
Niamh P. Kenney
Christopher David Keyes
Erika K. Koh
Eliza D. Koso
Sofie E. Lafratta
Seobin (Grace) Lee
Fotine Liakopoulos
Kelsey Loughlin
Miriam Ruth Low
Gabriella Gaspar Lozano
Megan D. Lynch
Nicole Kinnamon Magnuson
Jessica K. Miranda
Nadia Ghiomara Morales
Elsa Allstaedt Morse
Halee R. Murphy
Kylie O'Donnell
Mary E. O'Toole
Olivia C. Ouellette-Falkenstein
Kathryn Packowski
Kylie Rose Pastore
Samantha Karen Peace
Lourdes Caridad Pena
Ally M. Rosenhein
Isabella Rose Scalise
Danielle Marie Silva
Samantha Slater
Katharine Fox Srere
Kathryn Maria Stoncius
Elisabeth D. Wilson
Jamie Leigh Winn
Nisreen N. Yatim
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Awards and Recipients
Faculty and Student Recognition for Outstanding Leadership
This award is given to a student graduating from the accelerated baccalaureate nursing program who has been identified by peers and faculty as demonstrating outstanding class leadership.
Faculty Recognition for Academic/Clinical Excellence
This award is given to a student graduating from the Accelerated Baccalaureate Nursing program (ABSN) with an outstanding grade point average and the strongest faculty recommendations attesting to overall academic and clinical achievement.
Wetherill Award
Established at the McLean Hospital School of Nursing in 1936 and subsequently transferred to the MGH School of Nursing, the award was established with a gift from E. Stanley Abbott in memory of Marion Wetherill Abbott and her mother. The award is presented to a member of the graduating class who has been the most actuated throughout their course by their spirit of thoughtfulness for others or who have developed that spirit most while in the school.
Quinn Award for Social Justice in Nursing
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Established by Dr. Lisa Quinn in 2020, this award is given to one or more Black students in good academic standing, who demonstrate leadership qualities and involvement in social activities, and entering the final semester of the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program.
The Loyd Nichols Staats Scholarship
Jessica K. MirandaEstablished under the aegis of the MGH Nurses’ Alumnae Association (NAA) Endowed Fund at the MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing, the funding for this scholarship was derived from the 1996 estate of Mary Hortense Staats, MGH School of Nursing Class of 1937. The scholarship is named to honor the memory of Loyd Nichols Staats, Mary’s brother, who died at the young age of one year. It is awarded annually to an Accelerated BSN student in recognition of excellence in the theory and practice of nursing.
Class Representatives
Kristen E. Elmore
Niamh P. Kenney
Katharine Fox Srere
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